A Study Of Chuangtse’s Theory Of Self-Cultivation

Study of Chuangtse’s theory of Self-Cultivation focuses on the cultivation of the background, cultivation theory foundation and the thought origin, cultivation method, cultivation realm and the evaluation of cultivation five parts.On the cultivation of background includes political and socio-cultural background and personal life experience of Chuangtse. We know that any thought, any theory can not be passive water or be like a tree without roots.it is bound by the age of influence. Chuangtse in the" Tian" authority fell and instead focused on "moral" and the"feudal" system of the early Zhou Dynasty begin collapse in the environment, He see too much by under the banner of righteousness and do Things of against their conscience, also experience the pain of life and survival is not easy. Whether war, punishment, suffering caused by poverty or non-arrhythmia, poetic justice uncertain, and other reasons to bring the suffering of people, these provide a direct source of Chuangtse formed his theory of self-cultivation. The the Chuangtse cultivation of the "metaphysical Dao" gives the people the cultivation of "Conscience", so each one is born there is a Dao, enlightenment of the heart, like Mencius, the so-called "four beginnings" is inherent, and provide the possibility for people to Dao, enlightenment. Moreover, because from the "Dao" and "heart" with the nature of quietism, so people Dao, enlightenment on the cultivation of directionality. With life experience, with the cultivation of enlightenment "Conscience", but must also absorb the idea of their predecessors, so as to complete his cultivation theory.The Chuangtse cultivation of cultivation methods,including the popular pursuit in the removal of people know and the desire of the heart, recognize that non-relative as well as life and death together nature and intentions of fasting, sitting to forget style to the empty body heart, to forget the venerable three parts. And before this, we first to Chuangtse’s heart and spirit are analyzed. This on the cultivation of the heart to make people realize that human life is the realm of not only the physical substance of the meet. It requires us to look beyond the form footer, and understanding the Avenue. Cultivation of conscience, in contact with the outside world will form the prejudices.Then we have to make to get rid of. These include to common knowledge, the human and advocate wants nothing to sentient beings, to promote tranquil desire to affectionate but merciless two aspects.With this premise, we realized that the non-debate of good and evil, beauty and ugliness are not conclusive, but should be "Morrow"non-two lines. Finally Chuangtse main inner Emptiness "the fasting of the heart" and the establishment of "appropriate" based on "forgot" to understanding the Avenue,get unfettered and free.Chuangtse’s spirit is mainly through the above method to obtain a realm. It is one of a kind of mental state. In this state can obtain" Were the ocean itself scorched up, he would not feel hot. Were the great rivers frozen hard, he would not feel cold. Were the mountains to be cleft by thunder, and the great deep to be thrown up by storm, he would not tremble with fear." and "seat himself by the sun and moon, and hold the universe in his grasp","roaming through the clouds, and roaming through the clouds" self experience. In addition to self s free spirit feature of this realm, he will also affect the others. But Chuangtse’s view, is the highest realm of the" The sage embraces in his regard both Heaven and Earth; his beneficent influence extends to all tinder the sky; and we do not know from whom it comes" without the influence of the state.Through the above analysis, on the one hand, we know that Chuangtse’s culture thought to live in pain, contradictions among the people to provide a solution, provides a spiritual garden. But on the other hand, Chuangtse s theory of ideology also exhibit self degenerated orientation. Self degradation is mainly reflected in two aspects, one is individual, the other is a human society. In the individual aspect, Chuangtse advocated a predestination, asking people to the soul, to obliterate the subjective initiative of people; in the human society, Chuangtse advocated"forget", asking people to make a society to the "Tian" so that the community has shown to give up form.human civilization regression to the tendency of the original natural.